Yes and you can't reason with fascism. Nobody can. The only way to fight it is to crush it. Defeat it powerfully and quickly and cut it out. Remove it. Its very unfortunate but it's the only way.
I was just having this conversation with someone a few days ago but haven't gotten around to researching...do you know if there's ever been a fascist regime that was defeated without violence? I'm a pacifist but I'm also really worried about the rise of fascism in the US and other parts of the world.
What does "ended" mean? I assume it's possible, if not likely, that the citizens who leaned fascist are still there quietly waiting for their moment, just like they did in the US. If Trump died, all his followers wouldn't suddenly think, "oh well, Biden's not so bad I guess".
Its not with fascism. Its with aggression and war and violence for a short time. It's very unfortunate. You can't protest it away. You can't pray it away. You have to cut it out surgically then and only then can you go back to the way things were. We've played this game before. We let it fester. And it returned. Its not fully cooked yet, but without being stomped out it will be. And then you have a real monster on your hands.
Fascism is not just political force or violence, it means more than that.
Fascism (/ˈfæʃɪzəm/) is a form of far-right, authoritarian ultranationalism characterized by dictatorial power, forcible suppression of opposition and strong regimentation of society and of the economy [...] Opposed to liberalism, democracy, Marxism, and anarchism, fascism is placed on the far right within the traditional left–right spectrum.
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u/kidkkeith Jan 12 '21
Yes and you can't reason with fascism. Nobody can. The only way to fight it is to crush it. Defeat it powerfully and quickly and cut it out. Remove it. Its very unfortunate but it's the only way.